The thrilling, adventure-packed, untold story of the British covert war in Yemen, and the last great battle for our colonial interests.
Duff Hart-Davis has written and edited fifty books on a wide variety of subjects, including eight adventure novels and biographies of Peter Fleming, the traveller and author, J.J.Audubon, the American bird artist, and most recently Philip de L szl , the portrait painter. A deep interest in natural history led to Monarchs of the Glen, a history of the Highland deer forests, and to the much-praised illustrated encyclopaedia Fauna Britannica. He worked on the Sunday Telegraph as Literary Editor and feature writer, reporting from many parts of the world, and from 1986 to 2001 he contributed the weekly Country Matters column on rural affairs to the Independent. Together with his wife Phyllida he now lives in a 17th-century farmhouse on the Cotswold escarpment.
Remarkable story ... Hart-Davis tells splendidly the astonishing
tale he has uncovered
*Max Hastings for The Sunday Times*
Duff Hart-Davis has taken over the writing of this book from Jim
Johnson's second-in-command, Tony Boyle, who was working from
Johnson's archive; both men died before the work was completed. He
has done his extraordinary subject justice. Why did any of them get
involved with the project? Well, the pay was good, but that is
exactly the sort of thing men say to cover their enjoyment and
excitement. The fact of the matter is that it was a terrific
adventure
*Philip Hensher for The Spectator*
Plenty of books claim to be about forgotten aspects of the past.
Yet Duff Hart-Davis has managed to go one better in this tale of
British mercenaries and Egyptian skulduggery by unearthing a war
that has hitherto remained more or less secret
*James Owen for Mail on Sunday*
An extraordinary story that needed to be told... Duff Hart-Davis
tells their fascinating story, which will be new to many readers,
remarkably well
*Charles Guthrie for the Literary Review*
This dramatic piece of history is thoroughly researched, drawn from
first-hand accounts of the mercenaries' experience. Written at the
pace of a James Bond thriller, Hart-Davis leavens his gung-ho tale
with details that are at times touching and humorous
*The Herald*
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